What would you say to the person on the roof? A suicide prevention text
Abstract
This anti-suicide text provides potential helpers (professional and lay) with clear guidelines for communicating with a declared suicidal person, particularly in real-time situations, when time is crucial and the act cannot be physically prevented. The text also may have a preventative effect when diffused to the public as an anonymous address to potential suicides.
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- Authors
- Omer, H., & Elitzur, A. C.
- Affiliations
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Bar-Ilan University (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Omer, Haim
- Elitzur, Avshalom C.
- ORCID
- Elitzur, Avshalom C.
- Venue
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2001-06
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 129-139
- ISSN
- 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-278X
- OpenAlex
- W2159117018
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
- Keywords
- suicide prevention, suicide attempts
- MeSH terms
- Suicide Prevention, Communication, Crisis Intervention, Empathy, Humans, Patient Care Team, Persuasive Communication, Suicide
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